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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by CLAY
It's just like the signal pointing to the floor or shouting "on the floor" give the coach as much information as possible . . . Everyone [will] know it was a foul before the shot.
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Sigh. Ok, I'll try this for the second time. I know that Tony has already tried a couple times. The problem with your statement Clay, is that "on the floor" does not give the coach "as much information as possible", as you seem to think it does. All it does is say that the player was still touching the floor. As we all know, however, you can be in the act of shooting and still be "on the floor". So saying "on the floor" really doesn't tell anyone whether you are shooting FTs or not.
If you really want everyone to know that the foul was before the shot, then simply say "No shot!" How much simpler could it be? If you don't care about saying "on the floor", then do you also not care about saying "over the back"?
Again, I understand that there are more important things, but I don't see why there's so much resistence to saying what you really mean. . .
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Hey Chuck, you telling us you're worried the coach who just finished screaming for "3 SECONDS!" might be misled by you yelling "on the floor"?
But I agree, it's easy enough to say something other than "on the floor" and be undrstood.